Dec 4, 2009

Nuclear Weapons in Nature

David ReaganBy David Reagan

Let us consider the nature of a nuclear explosion. Nicholas Wade, in his book World Beyond Healing (1987), gives us a graphic picture:

"The explosion of a nuclear weapon is an event of immense power... Within a fraction of a millionth of a second, the nuclear materials and casing of a one megaton weapon are transformed into a packet of energy five times hotter than the center of the sun."

"Out of this mini-sun bursts a flash of X-rays so intense that the air for several feet around the weapon is heated into an incandescent ball."

"This little fireball, only a few millionths of a second old, contains the vaporized contents of the weapon, and a vast flux of energy created by the fission and fusion reactions of the nuclear explosion. So immense an amount of energy packed into a tiny space creates temperatures of 100 million degrees centigrade and pressures of millions of pounds per square inch. A violent expansion begins."

"In less than a thousandth of a second, the fireball of a one-megaton weapon has grown to 440 feet across. In ten seconds, the fireball is more than a mile in diameter."
It should be evident that what we are talking about is a weapon unparalleled in human history; a weapon with the capacity to obliterate huge cities in seconds. This is a scenario that perfectly fits with the kind of swift, mass destruction spoken of in the book of Revelation. Indeed, considering the widespread death predicted by the Apostle John, it would be hard for us to imagine anything other than a nuclear holocaust which could come close to producing such carnage.

The poisoning of the waters (Revelation 8:11), the severe reduction in visibility (Revelation 8:12), the death of much of the earth's vegetation (Revelation 8:7), malignant sores (Revelation 16:2), the end of ocean life (Revelation 16:3), and the inability of the atmosphere to block out harmful ultraviolet rays, resulting in severe burns (Revelation 16:8) are all expected results of nuclear war.

The implications of these prophecies are not pretty — this earth has an appointment with a devastation which shall be horrible beyond imagination.

Related Links

Nuclear Weapons in the End Times - Bible Prophecy Today (David Reagan)
Iran says it will only minimally cooperate with IAEA - JTA
Nuclear Weapons in the End Times: Does the Bible predict a nuclear holocaust? - Lamb & Lion Ministries
Nuclear Weapon - wikipedia.org
Atomic Iran: Countdown to Armageddon...How the West Can Be Saved - Mike Evans (Book)